FARIDKOT – A youth set a teenage girl, who had spurned him, on fire in Kotsukhia village of Faridkot today morning. With over 80 per cent burns, the condition of the girl, admitted in the Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital in Faridkot, is reported to be critical.
The police have registered an attempt to murder case against Hoshiar Singh, the accused youth in the village.
The victim’s family members told the police that the youth had been stalking her for the last many months but she had spurned his advances which left him infuriated and he took the extreme step.
Today morning at around 9 am, when the father of the girl had already left the house for his work and the girl was in the house with her two sisters, the accused reached the girl’s house with a bottle of kerosene, poured it over her and lit a match. He then fled the spot.
“Minutes after I left home for my work, I got the information that a youth had poured kerosene oil on my daughter and set her on fire”, said the father of the victim.
The girl received 80 per cent burns and was rushed to the Civil Hospital, Kotkapura, but for her condition being highly critical, she was further referred to Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot. The police said that they were trying to record the victim’s statement. No arrests have been made so far.
Sources in the village revealed that the accused was stalking the girl for last many months and the girl has spurned his proposal of marriage.
